Ellis beamed a little at Nick calling him a friend, he would have accepted 'fellow survivor' too! But as he remembered what he told Rochelle, that title will only come back to them if they win, if they managed to survive again. He quickly shot the smile down and nodded, "Places can change people an' seein' ya so hurt, Nick, and this whole District thing...I mean, I wanna win but just so we keep our asses alive."

He then tried to cheer up again, "When we win, I'll bring ya some cheap beer an' pizza an' be catty bitches towards our kills or something. You sound like you'd enjoy that." He just had to keep his optimism and faith alive, no matter how many times he gets killed out there.